ऋषय ऊचुः । त्रयाणां चैव लिंगानां पूर्वोक्तानां महामते । श्रुतास्माभिः समुत्पत्तिःकपालेश्वरवर्जिता । केनायं स्थापितो देवः कपालेश्वरसंज्ञितः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | trayāṇāṃ caiva liṃgānāṃ pūrvoktānāṃ mahāmate | śrutāsmābhiḥ samutpattiḥkapāleśvaravarjitā | kenāyaṃ sthāpito devaḥ kapāleśvarasaṃjñitaḥ
Die Weisen sprachen: „O Großgesinnter, wir haben die Entstehung der drei zuvor genannten Liṅgas vernommen – außer der des Kapāleśvara. Von wem wurde diese Gottheit, Kapāleśvara genannt, eingesetzt?“
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta (implied respondent)
Scene: A circle of ṛṣis respectfully question the sūta/narrator about the missing origin of Kapāleśvara among previously described liṅgas; palm-leaf manuscripts and a forest-āśrama setting frame the inquiry.
Sacred geography is preserved through inquiry and transmission: asking about a liṅga’s स्थापना safeguards the site’s dharmic memory.
Kapāleśvara within the broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha landscape of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse initiates the legend by asking who performed the स्थापना (installation) of Kapāleśvara.